Legislation – Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
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- Pt. 2 Ch. 3A inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 28
- s. 44F inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 29
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- Pt. 2 Ch. 3A inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 28
- s. 44F inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 29
PART 3Public order
Wilful obstruction of highway
80Wilful obstruction of highway
(1)
Section 137 of the Highways Act 1980 (penalty for wilful obstruction) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
after “liable to” insert “imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks or”
;
(b)
for “not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale” substitute “or both”
.
(3)
“(1A)
In relation to an offence committed before the coming into force of section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (alteration of penalties for certain summary offences: England and Wales), the reference in subsection (1) to 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to 6 months.
(1B)
For the purposes of this section it does not matter whether free passage along the highway in question has already been temporarily restricted or temporarily prohibited (whether by a constable, a traffic authority or otherwise).
(1C)
In subsection (1B), “traffic authority” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (see section 121A of that Act).”